The Warriors finished their final extended road trip of the season in style, trouncing Boston 108-88 on Wednesday night and rolling into a favorable schedule the rest of the way.

Including this 4-2 East Coast swing, the Warriors (38-24) have won 14 of their past 19 road games - something never before accomplished in franchise history. After starting the season 6-9 on the road, the Warriors have gone an NBA-best 14-5 away from home since Dec. 23.

They won at least four games on multiple road trips in a single season for the first time in franchise history, and their 20 road victories are four shy of the franchise's all-time single-season record set in 1991-92.

"I thought we did a great job against a team - in all honesty, that at this point - we're better than," Warriors head coach Mark Jackson said. "It was the type of game where you can overlook them, but they compete and they're well-coached. Fortunately, we came in here and took care of business, took care of the basketball and defended at a high level. It was a big-time win for us."

Now, the Warriors simply have to take care of business at home to hold onto their No. 6 spot in the Western Conference or possibly make a run at the Clippers, who sit four games ahead of them atop the Pacific Division.

The Warriors will play nine of their next 11 games at Oracle Arena and have only seven more road games the rest of the season. Aside from a Texas two-step in Dallas and San Antonio during April, the Warriors play only one other game outside of their time zone - finishing the regular season at Denver.

After a 10-game win streak, which continued during a 6-1 East Coast roadie in December and January, the Warriors returned home for 11 of their next 15 games. They went 7-8 during that span, dropping home games against sub-.500 teams Denver, Minnesota and Charlotte.

"It's kind of deja vu of pre-All-Star, when we had kind of the same schedule," said Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, who had 14 points in 22 minutes before leaving with a "little trouble in my right leg" - a problem he said he could have played through. "We won 10 in a row and then came off the road trip and lost some games that we shouldn't have at home.

"We have to have those thoughts in our minds as we go forward - just to take advantage, because this is crunch time."

In moving to 14 games above .500 for the first time since the end of 2007-08, the Warriors showed some pizzazz at the TD Garden - sweeping the season series for the first time since 2006-07.

They made the adage about a defense's ability to travel ring true, moving to 18-4, including 10-2 on the road, when limiting opponents to less than 40 percent shooting. The Warriors held Boston (20-41) to 39.5 percent shooting and forced 22 turnovers that they converted into 24 points.

"That's getting it done defensively, and that's getting it done collectively," Jackson said. "That's what allows us to be a good road team, because of the pride we take on the defensive end and the habits we've established."

The Warriors turned that stalwart defense into easy offense, scoring on 12 layups and six dunks and dominating the Celtics 58-32 in paint points and 25-11 in fastbreak points. David Lee had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Klay Thompson added 18 points, and Andre Iguodala put up 11.

The starters weren't needed for the fourth quarter, after building an 80-49 lead with 5:18 to play in third and punctuating their buzzer-beating victory at Indiana from the previous night.

"I think they're hitting their stride a little bit as I've watched them over the last couple of weeks," Boston head coach Brad Stevens said. "It's a different team than I watched on film in January when we were getting ready to play. ... They're really rolling and playing at a high level."

Down the stretch

Wednesday's victory in Boston finished a 4-2 trip and pushed the Warriors' road record to 20-14. Only two other teams - San Antonio and Oklahoma City - have at least 20 road wins this season.

Barring a complete collapse away from Oakland, the team should surpass the 21 road victories in the 2007-08 "We Believe" season, which were its most since 1991-'92.

Since the elimination of neutral-site games after the 1972-'73 season, the Warriors' highest road win total is 24 ('91-'92).

Of the remaining seven road games, only two (Dallas and San Antonio, April 1-2) are back-to-back. Those games and the April 16 season finale in Denver are the only ones for the rest of the regular season that will take the Warriors out of the Pacific Time Zone.